Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2000.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
21 people listed on the 990; $2.1M paid to officers and key staff.
Armond M Cohen’s $350K as Executive Di is at the 74th percentile of top reported officer pay among 324 $10–100M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Nell Storm Schuster | — | $386,119 | — | — | — |
| Armond M Cohen | $350,340 | $350,503 | $310,747 | $267,335 | $233,044 |
| Kay McConagha | $220,541 | $291,440 | $274,533 | $200,300 | $56,500 |
| Kurt Waltzer | — | — | $277,196 | $213,281 | $183,593 |
| Amanda Storm-Schuster | — | — | $256,920 | $192,405 | — |
| Sarah Smith | — | $232,729 | $251,480 | $159,740 | $124,657 |
| Conrad Schneider | $246,057 | $240,503 | — | — | — |
| Conrad G Schneider | — | — | $240,747 | $215,636 | $187,897 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Clean Air Task Force INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Combats climate change by advocating for the rapid global development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies through research, public advocacy, and private-sector partnerships.
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Carbon Capture
Catf's primary goal is wide-scale carbon capture and storage deployment globally by 2050. We aim to achieve this by establishing government-funded private-sector innovation and commercialization programs for the entire suite of carbon capture, storage, removal and utilization technologies, in the united states, the european union…
Nuclear
As the impact of nuclear technology can benefit the global energy sector, the catf nuclear team focuses not only on markets where nuclear energy is already deployed, such as north america, europe, asia and latin america, but also on emerging countries where the need for decarbonization is considered to be important in the years ahead due…
Energy Systems Analysis (esa)
The purpose of esa at catf is to characterize more rigorously the various decarbonization pathways and their economic, socio-political, and environmental tradeoffs so that policy makers and the public understand the risks of each option.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $5.7M | $12.9M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $32K | $142K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $8.9M | $19.7M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $750K | $829K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $8.1M | $18.8M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $43K | $43K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $1.7M | $1.4M | $191K | $128K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.9M | $1.7M | $120K | $96K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $678K | $635K | $4K | $38K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $74K | $67K | $2K | $5K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $326K | $295K | $12K | $20K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $160K | $160K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $2K | $2K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $3.4M | $3.0M | $425K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $285K | $108K | $131K | $45K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $175K | $3K | $172K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $101K | $82K | $19K | $853 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $868 | $785 | $83 | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $34K | $34K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $8K | $3K | $5K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $20K | $5K | $15K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $8.9M | $7.3M | $1.3M | $333K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Oct 9, 2025 | $50.1M | $40.4M | $9.6M | $42.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 16, 2024 | $46.3M | $54.8M | −$8.5M | $32.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 29, 2023 | $51.1M | $40.5M | $10.6M | $40.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Jul 15, 2022 | $31.6M | $20.3M | $11.2M | $30.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 11, 2021 | $19.6M | $8.9M | $10.7M | $18.8M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $19,594,322 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 6 of 8 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $19,594,322 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,905,111 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $19,651,777 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $18,822,416 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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